A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities ¹  in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, ¹  having appointed ²  them to serve as an example ³  to future generations of the ungodly, ⁴ 

and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ²  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ³  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁴ 

They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. ¹  The men of Judah ²  looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. ³ 

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

“So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹ 

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali ¹  by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah ¹  to make war against the Israelites.

Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. ¹ 

In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ¹  around them,

on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.

Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah. ¹  For I will restore them to their land. ²  I, the Lord, affirm it!’” ³ 

At that time ¹  their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, ²  which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.

So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ¹  eliminating the cities, ²  including its frontier cities, ³  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

But ¹  the inhabitants ²  are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.